hello and hope

Hi there! It's been probably a year or so since I've purchased products for papercrafting. Since I've been oil painting, I've been investing in paints, brushes and canvases. I was curious to see what new products were available in the Tim Holtz product line and was thrilled to discover the Tim Holtz Wildflowers Sizzix dies! Today I have a couple of very different projects to share featuring those dies along with a variety of other Tim Holtz products. For the first project, I joined along with Tim's 12 Tags of 2016 Technique Remix August:

featuring the following techniques:

Here's my interpretation of the challenge:

 To create the tag, I first covered a #8 tag using TH tissue tape then attempted the brayer technique using TH Tumbled Glass Distress Stain without much success. It didn't have the WOW factor so I spritzed it with water, dried then made a second attempt using TH Picket Fence Distress Stain again without the WOW factor so I decided to randomly stamp and heat emboss a TH brick wall image on the tag.

 For the frameworks technique, I used the Trellis die to cut TH Grungeboard which I then applied Picket Fence Distress Paint followed with random applications of Tumbled Glass spritzed Distress Stain. I randomly filled the negative space with die cut TH craft foil and corrugated cardboard:

I embellished with a variety of die cut Wildflowers, a bow and TH enamel tag featuring a butterfly rub on:

 Up next is a rather CAS card featuring a trio of TH die cut Wildflowers:

Love the versatility of all the TH products!

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current ColorThrowdown color challenge: 

and for card sketch inspiration, I joined with the current Freshly Made sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be Sweet ;)